Posted in South Carolina
July 12, 2015
These 13 Hauntings In South Carolina Will Send Chills Down Your Spine – Part II
Everyone loves a good ghost story. Remember sitting around the fire when you were little, or in the dark of your room on sleepovers, and trying to tell the scariest story to see if you could terrify each other? In reality, you don’t have to make up ghost stories in South Carolina. We have enough of them floating around that you could literally write books on them! Here are 13 more hauntings in South Carolina that will send you covering your head with your blankets.
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Haunted? Many people are firm believers that it is terribly haunted, especially the workers who tried to seal the old crypt on the property. The story goes that the workers sealed the crypt with brick and mortar, but the next morning the bricks were torn out and placed in a neat pile. This happened at least two more times. The workers refused to do it again and to this day that crypt remains open.
This building was built in 1878. With a history that long, there is bound to be some restless spirits somewhere in there and it seems they love the hotel! Many people have said the second floor is the place where all the action takes place. There are screams and crying coming from empty rooms, shadows can be seen flitting down the halls, toilets flush, and doors slam of their own accord.
Her name is Nettie Dickerson. She was a 25-year-old spinster who, feeling that she would never be a married woman, became a clerk and then a prostitute. Her love of storms is what killed her. She was atop the theatre when lightening struck. It is said that you can see her floating down the second floor halls of the theatre in a red gown. Maybe she is still waiting for someone to love her...
It's pirates that you have to be afraid of, apparently in life and in death. This building was known to hold pirates until such time there were hanged for their crimes. There have been reports of chains swinging in the basement and orbs floating. Cold spots have been known to chill people to the bone.
A dorm on campus is said to be haunted by a girl who hung herself in an elevator shaft, which has since been turned into a stairwell. Students have said that they have heard strange sounds, radios turn on and off as well as alarm clocks in the middle of the night. I bet she's not there to study for finals!
She threw herself from the bell tower during the Civil War era when she found out her boyfriend was killed in the war. Witnesses have heard screams coming from that tower and some have seen her there. The second floor of Kinard Hall dorm is also said to be haunted by a resident ghost who loves to pull pranks such as opening windows, drawers, and cabinets as well as turning on the water.
What once was a tavern is now a private residence. However, before this happened, it was told that people could hear horses' hooves on the roof of the tavern as well as footsteps on the stairs and strange voices.
Mrs. Jackson is still overseeing the place apparently. She was the wife of the original owner and thought to be the ghost in residence here. She is said to be seen in Room 205. You can also hear her going up and down the stairs. Oh, and be sure to watch what you do with your things because they will disappear and then reappear in the oddest places.
It seems that this college has more than just a few hauntings going on. There's a lady in white, a woman in the theater, and a little boy who likes to play catch...
Annie, the daughter of the former lightkeeper, haunts the lighthouse and grounds. She drowned while he was trying to keep her safe during a storm in which their tiny boat capsized. He got to shore and didn't untie her from his back, and being tired, he went to sleep only to wake to see that she had died that night. It is said that she is known as a guardian who will come aboard ships and warn sailors of potential terrible storms.
To ghost hunters, it seems that this place is rocking with activity. Not far from this spot stands a hill and on that hill are five graves. They have no names on them, just the word "Suicide". There has been sighting of bright lights, strange feelings of doom, and car trouble. *Note* These grave markers are on private property.
Knowing that this theatre was once a Civil War hospital should be enough for you to understand why this place is haunted! Strange noises, cold spots, uneasy feelings that surround you, and floating apparitions have been seen and felt here.
13. The Children’s Graveyard, 5055 Old Buncombe Rd. Greenville, SC
I don’t know about you, but for me there has to be more than just stories behind these. Maybe the restless really do stay behind. Maybe their lives were unfulfilled or their deaths so horrific that they can’t be at peace. Whether this is what happens or not, it still remains that something is going on in these places. I will let you be the judge!
**I also want to make a note here that some of the places are private property and it is up to you to receive permission if you wish to look around. However, I wouldn’t go knocking on a person’s residence.**
